Obit: Gehrt, Marie V. (1896 -1982)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Gehrt, Casper, Baumel, Clark

----Source: Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., WI) 6/10/1982

Gehrt, Marie V. (25 October 1896 – 8 June 1982)

Services for Marie V. Gehrt, 85, a resident of Memorial Home the past several years, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Georgas Funeral Home. Mrs. Gehrt died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital. The Rev. Gary L. Clark, of the United Church of Christ, will officiate, and burial will follow in the Neillsville City Cemetery. Friends may call from 5-9 p.m. Friday and until service time Saturday at the funeral home.

The former Marie V. Baumel was born October 25, 1896, at Chicago, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank (Irene Casper) Baumel. She received her education in Chicago and worked for her father in a tailor shop. She later moved with her parents to the Columbia area in Clark County. She was married to Harry C. Gehrt on Sept. 30, 1914, in Neillsville. He died June 8, 1959. They operated farms in the Towns of Pine Valley and Grant for many years until retiring and moving to Neillsville. She was a member of the United Church of Christ.

Surviving are three sons, Everett, Loyal; Harland, Granton; Walter, Wisconsin Rapids; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was deceased by three brothers, a sister and two grandchildren.

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Obit: Gehrt, Marie V. #2 (1896 - 1982)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Gehrt, Casper, Baumel, Kangas, Shelton, Peters, Spangler, Mohr, Winter, Vine, Kapfer, Embke, Clark

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 6/17/1982

Gehrt, Marie V. (25 October 1896 – 8 June 1982)

Longtime Neillsville area resident, Marie V. Gehrt, 85, passed away in Neillsville, June 8. She had been a resident of Memorial Home for the past several years.

The deceased was born October 25, 1896, in Chicago to Frank and Irene (Casper) Baumel. She received her education in Chicago schools and then worked for her father in a tailor shop. As a young woman, she moved with her parents to Columbia in Clark County.

On September 30, 1914, she married Harry C. Gehrt in Neillsville ceremonies. The couple then farmed in the Towns of Pine Valley and Grant for many years. When they retired, they moved into Neillsville, where they remained the rest of their lives. She was a member of the United Church of Christ and was a 50-year member of the Royal Neighbors.

Surviving her are three sons, Everett of Loyal, Harland of Granton and Walter of Wisconsin Rapids; nine grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband on June 8, 1959, three brothers, a sister and two grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on Saturday morning, June 12, from the Gesche Funeral Home in Neillsville. The Rev. Gary Clark of the United Church of Christ officiated with burial made in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

Special music for the service was provided by May Peters and Deon Spangler. Pallbearers were Albert and Ernest Mohr, Clifford Winter, Theamore Vine, Lee Kapfer and Harold Embke.

Those attending the services from out of town were Mr./Mrs. Walter Gehrt & children, Mr./Mrs. Harry Gehrt, Jr., & son and Mrs. Robert Gehrt & son, all of Wisconsin Rapids; Mr./Mrs. Mike Kangas, Nekoosa; Mr./Mrs. Gary Shelton, Pontiac, Mich.; Mr./Mrs. Everett Gehrt and Mr./Mrs. Carl Gehrt and Lena, all of Loyal; and Harland Gehrt, Granton.